Broadway Subway - Millennium Line Extension to Arbutus | U/C - Page 82

WarrenC12 · #**1621** Posted **Nov 25, 2022, 5:43 PM**

Please lord baby Jesus. I can't take the whiff of sewer much longer.

jollyburger · #**1622** Posted **Nov 25, 2022, 7:46 PM**

Looks like they still have a smaller trench to the left so maybe 2-3 weeks

madog222 · #**1623** Posted **Nov 25, 2022, 8:57 PM**

I think they then need to dig up the northern most lanes and replace the section there.

officedweller · #**1624** Posted **Nov 26, 2022, 12:53 AM**

By me today from the No Frills on Broadway @ Yukon:

Migrant_Coconut · #**1625** Posted **Nov 26, 2022, 2:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Hooknose

... All students and all seniors should be able to travel now just by showing their ID...

We've already got U-Passes for most of the former (as long as you're with a public institute like UBC/SFU/Langara and not a dubious for-profit one). K-7 passengers ride free.

madog222 · #**1626** Posted **Dec 2, 2022, 8:18 PM**

Looks like the hole at Cambie is completely filled and workers are shovelling snow out from the closed lanes on Broadway. I don’t want to jinx it but it looks like this section is finally done.

From CoV https://trafficcams.vancouver.ca/cambieBroadway.htm

jollyburger · #**1627** Posted **Dec 2, 2022, 10:33 PM**

Meanwhile on the location of the TBMs

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The Broadway Subway Project
@broadwaysubway_
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Hi Dave! Stay tuned - we'll be giving further updates on the TBM's progress and locations.

madog222 · #**1628** Posted **Dec 3, 2022, 3:02 AM**

There we go, Broadway will be back to 4 lanes at Cambie over the weekend. They say that will last for 2 weeks, after that who knows. Either it goes up to the final 4+left turn (and bus stops outside of the station?) or drops a lane or two, I still think they need to do sewer work on the north side of Broadway.

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Crews will work one night this weekend from 8 p.m. through 6 a.m. the following morning.

Once the new traffic conditions are implemented, W. Broadway will have two eastbound and two westbound lanes through the intersection at Cambie, with all traffic shifted to the south side of the road. These traffic conditions will be in place for approximately two weeks.

https://www.broadwaysubway.ca/app/upload...Stage3E_traffic_implementation_final.pdf

jollyburger · #**1629** Posted **Dec 3, 2022, 3:20 AM**

Seems like they'll have room for the two east bound lanes along with that bus pull off area. Maybe the north work will not require as much space?

dpogue · #**1630** Posted **Dec 3, 2022, 3:28 AM**

The second TBM has launched: https://twitter.com/broadwaysubway_/status/1598723853395582979

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Phyllis, our second #TunnelBoringMachine, has been on the move since Tuesday!

The machine will travel 5km down Broadway, breaking through at the 5 other #BroadwaySubwayProject stations along the way!

jollyburger · #**1631** Posted **Dec 4, 2022, 3:00 AM**

Seems like they've already paved it. Just a bit of cleanup required.

madog222 · #**1632** Posted **Dec 4, 2022, 10:12 AM**

Four lanes open!

hollywoodnorth · #**1633** Posted **Dec 4, 2022, 11:16 AM**

will not be fun going to the LD there for the next few months .... that intersection is a mess from a pedestrian standpoint (let alone car)

madog222 · #**1634** Posted **Dec 9, 2022, 1:22 AM**

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[Nov 8th]

Photo by me.

December 8th

Photo by me.

chowhou · #**1635** Posted **Dec 9, 2022, 1:56 AM**

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Originally Posted by madog222

December 8th

Photo by me.

Why are these so wide?

madog222 · #**1636** Posted **Dec 9, 2022, 2:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by chowhou

Why are these so wide?

Because of the short length the elevated guideway is being built from multiple I-beams instead of a single post-tensioned box girder so the columns need to support the entire width. Also, they are fairly short compared to the rest of the system so they look wider I guess.

The finished guideway will look something like this:
https://goo.gl/maps/rYWKiptv1GTXShRf7

As opposed to the usual:
https://goo.gl/maps/sivLVARsYiEeNkvPA

jollyburger · #**1637** Posted **Dec 9, 2022, 3:00 AM**

That's behind the Centre for Digital Media buildings, it's extra wide there because it's next to the switch so there's a large gap between the tracks there.

https://twitter.com/broadwaysubway_/status/1494106838492758017

Half way through this video there's a better animation of what it will look like 1:42

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officedweller · #**1638** Posted **Dec 9, 2022, 7:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

Half way through this video there's a better animation of what it will look like 1:42

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Thanks.
It shows a third track / siding in that clip.

chowhou · #**1639** Posted **Dec 9, 2022, 8:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by jollyburger

That's behind the Centre for Digital Media buildings, it's extra wide there because it's next to the switch so there's a large gap between the tracks there.

Thanks, I thought I was going crazy since I didn't think we'd switched to w i d e Skytrain

SFUVancouver · #**1640** Posted **Dec 9, 2022, 2:36 PM**

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Thanks, I thought I was going crazy since I didn't think we'd switched to w i d e Skytrain

All the new trains will need a set of these rattling on the back:

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